Prabhupada, July 6, 1977, Vrindavana: […] So happiness does not depend on money.
Vrindavan De: They became old, but they are still unhappy like previous, as in the past.
Prabhupada: So you become devotee. Come as soon as possible, here, or wherever, you’ll get advice. I’ll give you advice how to become happy. It is not happiness, that “I have got so much property from my father.” Balasya neha saranam pitarau nrsimha. Prahlada Maharaja said that “The father-mother cannot make one happy.” There are so many examples. Balasya neha saranam pitarau nrsimha. There are many rich father, and the sons are suffering. You have seen your maternal uncles. Their father was rich and left immense property, and what was their happiness?
Disciple: Drinking.
Prabhupada: Bas. They simply died by drinking. Got some cheap money from the father, and they habituated. Is it not? Your two uncles, this Barbhavan, Caturbhavan, so what is their happiness?
Vrindavan De: Simply frustrating, they died. That’s all. Finish. Full Conversation
Does money make you happy?
Jun 29, 2011 REUTERS | happiness | Personal finance | wealth — Rolling around in piles of dough would undeniably make a lot of people happy, but is money the secret to true happiness?
Are happiness and life satisfaction even the same thing? Do you get happier and happier as you accumulate more money?
Not necessarily. Recent research has shown the relationship between wealth and happiness to be complex. Happiness may depend on how you deploy that money and some people may just be born happy.
Recently, Reuters blogger Felix Salmon sat down with economists Justin Wolfers, a frequent contributor to Freakonomics, and Charles Kenny, author of the bestselling book Getting Better, to discuss the economics of happiness at the Aspen Ideas Festival. It was a happy time.
video: http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-wealth/2011/06/29/does-money-make-you-happy/
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